QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 11752)
RA No. 11752 is known as the “Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology-Sto. Domingo Campus Act.” It was approved on April 27, 2022.
RA 11752 establishes a regular campus of the Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology (NEUST) in the Municipality of Sto. Domingo, Province of Nueva Ecija, to be known as the NEUST-Sto. Domingo Campus.
It primarily provides short-term technical-vocational, undergraduate, and graduate courses within its areas of competency and specialization, pursuant to NEUST’s mandate and according to the Board’s capabilities and decisions, responding to the human resources development needs of Nueva Ecija and Region III.
It is mandated to undertake research and extension services, and to provide progressive leadership in these areas.
The campus is headed by a Campus Administrator who renders full-time service. The Board appoints or designates the administrator upon recommendation of the search committee and the University President, subject to the Board’s guidelines, qualifications, and standards.
Its establishment must ensure that minimum requirements for operation and program offerings are complied with, as prescribed by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED).
All assets (real and personal), personnel, and records are transferred to the University, and liabilities or obligations are likewise transferred to the University.
It states that the positions, rights, and security of tenure of faculty members and personnel employed under existing laws prior to integration to the University shall be respected.
All parcels of land belonging to the government occupied by the campus are declared property of the University and shall be titled under the University’s name.
If the University ceases to exist or is abolished, or if the parcels are no longer needed by the University, the same shall revert to the concerned local government unit or to the Republic of the Philippines, as the case may be.
Republic Act No. 8292, the “Higher Education Modernization Act of 1997,” is made an integral part of RA 11752 and serves together as the governing charter of the University.
All powers, functions, privileges, responsibilities, and limitations under existing laws for state universities and their officials are deemed granted to or imposed upon the University and its officials, whenever appropriate.
The amount necessary to carry out the provisions shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
The remaining parts not affected shall remain in full force and effect (separability clause).
All laws, presidential decrees, executive orders, rules and regulations contrary to or inconsistent with RA 11752 are repealed or modified accordingly.
It takes effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
Section 5 requires compliance with minimum CHED-prescribed requirements for operation and program offerings before or upon establishment, ensuring that campus programs conform to CHED standards.